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1/3 Thaler - Elizabeth
| Issuer | Imperial Russian Mint |
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| Year | 1761 |
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| Currency | Thaler (1759-1762) |
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| Obverse lettering | ELISAB:I:D:G:IMP:TOT:RUSS (Translation: By God`s Grace (acronym) Elizabeth, Empress and Autocrat of All Russia (acronym)) |
| Reverse description | A single-headed eagle displayed with large spread wings, crowned with an imperial crown, occupying the central field. The date 1761 is divided across the lower field on either side of the eagle's talons, and below appears the denomination and currency designation in three lines. A small cross appears to the right of the eagle's body. |
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This coin exists because of one of the stranger chapters in Russo-Prussian relations. Russian forces occupied East Prussia and briefly Berlin itself during the Seven Years' War, and Elizabeth's government issued Thaler-denominated coinage — in familiar German fractional units — specifically to pay for occupation costs and facilitate commerce in conquered territory. The coin circulated as functional currency under Russian military administration, not as a prestige piece.
Elizabeth died in January 1762, ending the occupation's political rationale almost immediately. Her successor Peter III, an open admirer of Frederick the Great, withdrew Russian forces within months.